Wólka is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski
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Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Aleksandrów Kujawski, although the town is not part of the t ...
, within
Aleksandrów County
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Aleksandrów County ( pl, powiat aleksandrowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...
,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It lies south-west of
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Aleksandrów Kujawski (until 1879: ''Trojanów'', 1879–1919: ''Aleksandrów Pograniczny'') is a town in north-central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Aleksandrów County, as well as of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski ...
and south of
Toruń. It is located in the region of
Kuyavia.
History
In 1827, the village had a population of 68.
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), in 1939–1940, the occupiers carried out
expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to
Germans as part of the ''
Lebensraum'' policy.
Expelled Poles were either deported to the
General Government
The General Government (german: Generalgouvernement, pl, Generalne Gubernatorstwo, uk, Генеральна губернія), also referred to as the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (german: Generalgouvernement für die be ...
in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or enslaved as
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
of German colonists in the area.
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References
Villages in Aleksandrów County
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